KNOLLWOOD SEEKS TO BE ANNEXED

About 20 residents from an unincorporated area northwest of town Monday asked the Village Board to support a movement to have their Knollwood subdivision annexed into Lake Bluff.

The residents are attempting to get 51 percent of the Knollwood residents to sign a supporting petition, according to Dan Rogers, a spokesman for the group.

Rogers said the board's cooperation would help complete the signature drive, which he estimated would take another 60 days.

"We are surrounded by Lake Bluff, North Chicago, Green Oaks and Lake Forest," said Rogers. "We are not going to remain unincorporated forever."

The board took no official action, but Village President Fred Wacker said, "We are open to this issue."

There are about 795 homes in the subdivision. Lake Bluff has about 2,000 households.

Three petitions have been circulating since October. Two request that Knollwood be annexed into Lake Bluff. The third petition opposes annexation.

In January a village task force studying annexation estimated it would cost the village $1.3 million to upgrade services in the new territory initially but that the expenses would equal out after the first few years.